The Invalid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFGH IJKJLL LMLMLL NONOP QRQRLL SLSLLL TLTLUU VWVWLL XYXYLL AZA L| The pale young man he comes to me | A |
| An' chats me good an' fair | B |
| 'The langwidge that you use ' ses he | A |
| 'Pollutes the good clean air | B |
| Why don't yeh chuck sich silly rot | C |
| An' line up with the Clean Lip lot ' | D |
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| But square 'n' all I got no use | E |
| For them poor shrinkin' guys | F |
| Who at the sound of coves' abuse | E |
| Turn pale an' rolls their eyes | F |
| To use the fancy swears I hear | G |
| Comes natural as sinking beer | H |
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| Beef an' blood gravy's fightin' food | I |
| Not milk but all the same | J |
| I come to see there ain't no good | K |
| In this crook landwidge game | J |
| An' so a little vow I made | L |
| An' joined their swell Clean Lip Brigade | L |
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| 'Twas 'ard But sternly I pursoo'd | L |
| Me course an' wore a frown | M |
| Thro' swallerin' me speech unchewed | L |
| An' chokin' curse words down | M |
| Oh dear It was a dreadful stunt | L |
| Then gracious me I hit the Front | L |
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| A feller in the firin' line | N |
| Tied up with sich a gag | O |
| Who has to curse by look an' sign | N |
| He fair gets out the rag | O |
| An' so I ses each time I shoots | P |
| 'I'll teach you you you you you broots ' | - |
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| I don't care wot the goodies say | Q |
| It's cruel fightin' dumb | R |
| To curse a bit once in a way | Q |
| Relieves yer feelin's some | R |
| I kills four men in fair clean fight | L |
| An' seven extra out er spite | L |
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| An' then there come the bay'nit charge | S |
| The blokes to left an' right | L |
| They all was cursin' fine and large | S |
| But I keep mum an' fight | L |
| I plunks a square 'ead in the wind | L |
| 'Annoying fellow there ' I grinned | L |
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| With that a great big 'ulking chap | T |
| Comes at me with a sword | L |
| The thing I need in that scrap | T |
| Was just one little word | L |
| 'Haw You you person ' I begun | U |
| But while I talks he gets in one | U |
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| Far in the chest I gets that swipe | V |
| An' crumbles in a heap | W |
| An' starts to think the time is ripe | V |
| To 'ave a long deep sleep | W |
| 'You are intensely rude ' I said | L |
| An' so they leaves there for dead | L |
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| They invaleeds me 'ome although | X |
| The wound gives me no cares | Y |
| The cause of my complaint know | X |
| Was bottlin' up me swears | Y |
| Congestion of me 'Damn' denied | L |
| It made me feel all swelled inside | L |
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| The pale young man he comes to me | A |
| 'Ah friend ' he says 'how now | Z |
| Your lips are clean I'm pleased to see | A |
| An' you 'ave kep' your vow ' | - |
| 'Me lips is bonzer ' I replied | L |
| 'But 'struth me throat is scarified ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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